Conclusion to the country
- Conclusion to the country
- Conclusion Con*clu"sion, n. [F., fr. L. conclusio. See
{Conclude}.]
1. The last part of anything; close; termination; end.
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A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of
the contest. --Prescott.
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2. Final decision; determination; result.
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And the conclusion is, she shall be thine. --Shak.
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3. Any inference or result of reasoning.
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4. (Logic) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the
necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two
related propositions called premises. See {Syllogism}.
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He granted him both the major and minor, but denied
him the conclusion. --Addison.
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5. Drawing of inferences. [Poetic]
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Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes
And still conclusion. --Shak.
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6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be
drawn. [Obs.]
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We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and
inoculating. --Bacon.
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7. (Law)
(a) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal
ending of an indictment, ``against the peace,'' etc.
(b) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a
particular position. --Wharton.
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{Conclusion to the country} (Law), the conclusion of a
pleading by which a party ``puts himself upon the
country,'' i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury.
--Mozley & W.
{In conclusion}.
(a) Finally.
(b) In short.
{To try conclusions}, to make a trial or an experiment.
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Like the famous ape,
To try conclusions, in the basket creep. --Shak.
Syn: Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end;
decision. See {Inference}.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
2000.
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